Release of identity of marijuana tipster under review

9:13 PM,
Mar. 28, 2013

Written by

Kevin Murphy
For Stevens Point Journal Media

A Stevens Point woman will get a second chance to learn the identity of the confidential informant who tipped Marshfield police that her car contained nearly a pound of marijuana.

The District 4 Court of Appeals ordered Wood County Circuit Judge Todd Wolf to privately review information submitted to him which could lead to his disclosing the informant's identity if it bears on defendant Jessica's Nellessen's guilt or innocence.

While state law generally prohibits the disclosure of a confidential informant's identity, exceptions are determined under a two-step process that Wolf ...